The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-08-04
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of Hendersonyille took the Press to
their homes and hearts and SO the quill
! drivers were enabled to see to the best
advantage the town which they visited.
They found it proudly seated on an
elevated plateau high above the heats
of summer and yet protected from the
| icy blasts of winter by surrounding
mountains, beautiful from every point
of view and breaking on the vision at
! almost every street corner. 1t is built
on level ground and its broad, we'll
shaded streets evinCe the care and
! foresight of those who founded it.
There are many points of interest in
the near neighborhood, not the least
of which is the famous Flat Rock set
tlement, as beautiful as a dream. Jud-
son College, in the immediate suburbs,
is a fine old Baptist institution which,
under the supervision of Rev. !. B..
Boone, is doing an excellent work for
the church, and which has situation
of unusual attraCtiveness. There is,
moreover, on the premises, we'll of
water forty degrees cold the year round.
1t is life giving fountain indeed, and
it is but sample of what may be had
in its way anywhere in Hendersonville.
At distance of some fifteen miles
from the town, are the Boilston gold
mines, and there a ten stamp mill is
busily engaged in crushing the gold
bearing ore taken from the side Of
Forge Mountain and securing the
precious metal it contains. The vein
is most promising one and, indeed,
it is more than probable that all the
mountains in the neighborhood-in the
whole Western Country-are packed
with ores of different kinds which only
await the application of science and
labor to be made valuable. The stock
of the Boilston mining company is
owned chiefly by native capitalists and
there is a thoroughly competent, prac-
teal mining engineer in charge of the
work, SO that we hope the result will
be what the indications give a right
to expect and that is an ample meas
ure of success.
Hendersonville has been brought
into the world by the completion of
the railroad connecting her with
Ashevi]le and Spartanburg and the
fairy wand of progress has touched
her. The consequence has been the
erection of new and handsome hotel
on Main street, which with the other
excellent hostelries in the town gives
all the accommodation that is needed
by the numbers of people who seek
the beautiful place for rest and health
in summer and in winter as we'll. And
nowhere can a pleasanter place be
found to spend the summer. 1t is
quiet and peaceful, and yet one has
the comforts of city life. There are
fine drives in every direction, the love
Hest scenery on the continent constant
ly to behold and a cordial, courteous,
hospitable people to deal with. The
climate is dry and bracing, and tones
up the shattered nerves of the over
worked or debilitated astonishingly.
1t IS by no means the least bright gem
in the exquisite setting of our Western
mountains, and we rejoice in its grow
ing fame and greater accessibility, as
citizen of North Carolina of which
state it is an ornament, and as a we'll
wisher of that part Of humanity which
seeks rest, pleasure or recuperation in
our mountain region.
From the Asheville Citizen of Sat
urday, July 23rd, we take the follow
ing:
Yesterday afternoon, after the return
of the party from their run to Hot
Springs, there was general conscrip-
ton of carriages; and at a O'Clock,
the Battery Park was invaded by citi-
zens in long Cavalcade to make cap
tives of those they claimed as the guests
of the city. They were willing cap
tives, and submitted readily to cap
tivity for the while in the elegant
e black marias." A rather superhuous
rain rendered its services to lay the
dust which might offend
the oltaCtories of the riders; and it
continued its officious duties until the
grounds ofConnally's View were enter
ed. Then the veil of cloud was lifted,
the curtain of rain was torn aside, and
the magnificent prospect lay open to
eyes that we know were as much sur
prised as delighted. We, in Asheville,
know that view too well to submit to
another detailed description ; but we
think the springs of poetry were
:ouched and the fountains of eloquence
opened in the hearts and the brains of
'ur enthusiastic young friends; and
We await with curiousity and interest
heir several fluctuations.
All eyes and sentiments drank full
If the glorious scene; and then the
ong file stretched out for Beaumont.
That beautiful spot was in the hour
Of its glory. The rain had passed
away, lingering clouds rested here and
here in the sky, touched by the golden
avs ofthe declining sun, and wreathed
With plumes of white vapor that shot
Up from many gorge and valley and
below in its verdant nests of foliage
ay the city spread out in its growing
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